

1936 · 1h 0m · ★ 6.7
After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighbourhood tavern where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name...

Tamae Kiyokawa
Madame at café
The Ballad of Narayama
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